Job market takes another turn for the worse… unemployment data at 26-year high… Government solution:spend… budget and trade deficits swell more than expected… Byron King on falling oil demand… and what it means for long-term investors… Gold soars… Ed Bugos with some fresh price targets… Signs of the times… Chinese bank opens in U.S., world’s biggest LBO collapses… Plus, Chris Mayer on the automaker bailout

Shares of BCE Inc. (BCE) suffered their biggest downdraft in at least a quarter century yesterday (Thursday), after an unexpected court ruling threatened to derail a $53.9 billion leveraged buyout (LBO).